Fabulous conditions at Lake Weyba yesterday afternoon, my first sail there.
I had found the forum posts from 11th May 2011 recommending this venue, and I was suitably impressed.
Only problem was that it was near to 20 knots SE and my smallest sail was a 7.2 metre!
Some very fast runs but also heaps of practice with the waterstarts!
Met the only other windsurfer there- (? Jonesy)- hope to catch up again soon.
Otherwise we were greatly outnumbered by the kitesurfers but when you have such a massive space to sail who cares??

Awesome Kirgo! How deep is Weyba in average? Camping and BBQ possible close to the lake?

Hi trauma,
Most of the lake is waist > chest deep with a muddy bottom except the edge which is shallow with sand so you do have to walk your gear out 100 metres or so from the edge. This takes you out nicely past the kiters who tend to stay in the shallows.
Unlike Cootharaba there are no facilties for camping etc. although I did notice some rental cottages at the lakeside- which would be good for a weekend away.

Yep Kirgo, great place. I rediscovered it after not windsurfing there for 15 years(mainly due to wavesailing) I decided to give it a go again recently and was suitably impressed. Have been up there now about 3 times and have had a good sail each time. 2 of the 3 times I have been the only windsurfer (kites around)there but as you say heaps of room so not a problem. Here is my tracks from a recent session in a SE wind direction.

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Kirgo said...

Fabulous conditions at Lake Weyba yesterday afternoon, my first sail there.
I had found the forum posts from 11th May 2011 recommending this venue, and I was suitably impressed.
Only problem was that it was near to 20 knots SE and my smallest sail was a 7.2 metre!
Some very fast runs but also heaps of practice with the waterstarts!
Met the only other windsurfer there- (? Jonesy)- hope to catch up again soon.
Otherwise we were greatly outnumbered by the kitesurfers but when you have such a massive space to sail who cares??

Hi Kirgo
Good to see you there yesterday. The wind was very light and then it came just nice (for me) but as you say, it kept coming and was quite choppy.
I have been there a few times and have enjoyed it. Plenty of room and it is a bit flatter than Cootharaba in an equal wind.
There was a guy (windsurfer) who came out today on his bike for a look and lives in the area. Has never sailed there but asked about the conditions and seemed impressed. Maybe you will see more people there in future.

Hi Jeffrosail, great- I think Weyba will be my first choice for S/SE sailing and hopefully we will have more windsurfers there on good days. See you soon.

Thanks Ka72 - great picture with the your GPS tracks showing the potential for long runs at Weyba. I'm still relatively new to the sport and for me the long runs are great for getting familiar with blasting along at speed in the footstraps. Hope to see you there some time.